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N. PETERS. PHOTO-MTHOGRAPHER. WASNNGTON. D.C.

applic-able in all-instances where filling-hole is nfot used.

" `faucet-hole cfr-.the cask.

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ABEL'L. `vvEEsTEE, oE NEW vonk, N. Y.

`Letters Patent No. 106,007, dated August 2, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT .IN rAUcETs 0R TAPS.

The Schedule referred to inlthese Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all 'whom it may concern: e r r Be it known that I, ABEL L.WEBSTER, of the `city of New York, in the State of N ew York, haveinvented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Drawing olf Fluidsfrom Air-tight Vessels and I "ill-` ing the Same; and Ido hereby'declare that the fcl- #lowing is a full, clear,` and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, and to theletters and marks thereon,'which said drawing forms part of thisspecification, and shows a set of means for carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 thereof is a view of the, means in position e for drawing offthe fluid;

Figure 2, a" view of the' nozzle and plate;

Figure 3, a view of the cap and nut; and

Figure 4, a view ofthe filler.

I u ,each of these figures where `like parts are shown, like marks andletters'lare used `to indicate the parts.

My invention has for its Aobject the` drawing off of fluids fromcasks,tanks,"` Sac., without resort to the usual means for giving. ventto the casks, and it is a bung or ordinaryv My invention has also forits object the filling of casks, tanks, Ste., through the same channelas the liquor can vbc"e`drawn off.` v

'llo a certain -extent means have been used to e'ect these objects, suchmeansbeing in connection with j tubes or'chanuelsA within the casksortank, and in communication withV thc space above `the Huid or liquidtherein. V e

As such `tubes or` channels are known and'wellfunderstood, they have notbeen represented in the drawing of this applicatio'mand, .for thepresent purposes fr.of explanation, it is here stated that' such tubesor channels will be inccmmunication with ;the,air-holes a. of the shieldor iange 11 of the nozzle c, here represented. I.

In use, this nozzle c is screwed into the usual It has attached to it,by

means of aspx-ing, d, acap,e, within which is" a ball or valve, j'.'lhere is alsol att-ached to the nozzle c i a flange or plate, g, whichmay be entirely removed from the nozzle, and which, when screwed down,conceals and completely covers the air-holes a..

There may also be attached to the outer end of the nozzle a cap or nut,h, which, whenv screwed on the nozzle, makes an air-tight joint. When,therefore, this plate `g and cap 7l. are tightened on the nozzle, thevalve f will be on the seat/i at the inner end of the nozzle, and a verysecure and tight condition of this usual opening ofthe cask will exist.

In order to draw o" the uid, the cap h must he removed, and the plate gsufficiently unscrewed to uncover the air-holes a. The faucet j can thenbe attached to the nozzle, as is represented by iig.l1. As the faucet isscrewed up, the arm 7c, extending therefrom, will come incontact with.the valve f, forc-v ing it from* its sea-t, and upon the opening of thefaucet by its handle l, the liquid contents of the cask or tankivillhave free exit.

1n filling the Cask, it isonly. necessary to remove the cap or faucet,whichever may happen to be at tached to the nozzle, untighten the plateg, and screw in the funnel or filler fm., the screwing iu of which willforce the valve f from it as in the screwing in of the faucet. Now,

What I claim as an improvement in the class of means here referred to,and for the purposes set forth,

`1. The bung @spring (Leap c, and spring f, when arranged and combinedas set forth, and providedV with the fiange b and air-hole a,substantially-as described.

2.y In `combination with the above, the faucet j,`

provided with the extension k, substantially as shown anddescribed. L

3. rIhe combination of the caps g and h., when ar` ranged to -operate asset forth.

4. The faucet j and extension la, in combination with. the bung 0,',angeb, air-hole a, spring d, cap e, and valve f, when all are combined tooperate substantially as specified.

This specification signed vthis 6th day of .J une, 1870. i

ABEL L. jVVIilBSCLER.

' Witnesses: Taos. T. EVERETT, EDM. F. BROWN. e

